Argentina’s vice-president could face 12 years in prison
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, a former president, is accused of corruption
“Remember that judges are just judges—they are not God,” Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, then the president of Argentina, told her underlings in 2012. “You only have to fear God. And me a little bit, too.” Back then, a judge she disliked was accused of giving his family public-works contracts in a Supreme Court case, and she revelled in his fall.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Kirchner karma”
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